Stuart Brough

Name: Stuart Brough.

Employer and official job title: University of Strathclyde, Director, IT.

What do most people call you? Boss.

Who do you report to? “Him Upstairs”.

Nature of organisation and total headcount: Education, 40,000 staff and students.

IT headcount: 75.

IT budget: N/A.

Biggest career success? Implementing in-house developed high availability Oracle Systems – the first wide area Sun/Oracle cluster in the world.

Greatest flop (that you can tell us about)? None worthy of mention.

Greatest influence on career: Parents probably.

Greatest strength: Humour.

Area where you most want to improve yourself: Get fit again.

What single thing would make your job easier? More money.

If you could only pass on one piece of advice to your successor, what would it be? Be honest, invest in and look after your staff.

Which business issue/technology excites you the most? Business process re-engineering and mobile technology.

What keeps you awake at night? The kids.

Home life: House, married with two kids.

Hobbies: A lot of sports, swimming, karate, walking.

Last book read: Who has time to read for pleasure?

Last CD bought/downloaded: Last week, an old copy of Supertramp Live in Paris.

Favourite holiday destination: Far East / Australia.

What would your personal motto be? “It is not the strongest, the fastest or even the most intelligent species that survive. It is always the most adaptable.” - Charles Darwin.

My idea of perfect happiness is…Family holiday with well behaved kids.